Physio & Coach ReportsA very useful option for youth players which just promoted into the senior team, or
players which are on a trial to your team - just request a report about the player,
and your physio / coach will tell you what he thinks about the player.

National manager in the first seasonThe same way it worked with CM3: At game start, look out a team where is a player
whose country you want to manage. Click on the players nationality to view the international
squad of his country. Now click on "control" and you're the manager of e.g. england. -> Only
works with countries with at least 150 players in the game you're running. (Also works with
"Add manager" in a running game)

Free TransfersIf you're managing a smaller club, always look out for players who are available on a free
transfer. Send your scouts out to every region and shortlist every free transfered player you're
interested in, also if he isn't interested to sign for your club. Every player will be interested
to join you when he is jobless for some time, you only have to have the luck that he doesn't sign
for another club before...

Good places to scout for youngstersPromising youngsters are playing in every division, but in sweden, portugal, argentina &
brazil you'll find the most & also cheapest.

Getting big players to small clubsYou're a small club? Always check who of the players in the major leagues is unhappy and might
be interested in a move. [submitted by Richie]

Get a player for freeIf you want to sign a player for free, say Owen, add a manager as manager of Liverpool, go to
Owen's stats and release him on a free transfer. Now before pressing continue resign as manager of
Liverpool. The board will not block his free transfer and you can sign him with the club you are
playing with properly (he must be interested, though...). If you do this in the first couple of
weeks time goes by so quickly that he will be released and some other club will sign him, so wait
a couple of weeks. [submitted by "Gazza" and Matt Sweet aka "Sweety"]

Bankrupt a clubSometimes it could make fun to totally bankrupt a club...;) To do this add another manager
controlling this club. Offer some players a contract with the highest possible wages and the
longest deal - After they accepted release them on a free using the cheat above (getting a player
for free). [submitted by "Gazza"]

Win every game (aka the Ctrl+Alt+Del tactic)A very easy but also very useful tactic. If you are going to compete with a strong team
and you are uncertain of winning, save the game, then play the match. If you lose press
Ctrl+Alt+Del and end the game. Now restore the saved game and keep playing until you win it.
This way you don't lose any game - but it can become a quite long, frustrating job. And with
doing this, it's guaranted you won't have any fun winning competitions...
[submitted by rames]

Exit without saving IIIf you want to exit the game without saving, then just retire from the club and then exit
the game. [by Damir Merdanovic]

Keep players from missing trainingIf you have a player who wants to leave, and a bigger club makes an offer, rejecting
the offer will often make the player miss training, which forces you to sell. Instead, delay the
offer for a week. A week later the offer will appear again. Delay it again and the club
will pull out of the transfer. Alternatively you can also change the amount of money e.g. to
£50 million pounds - no team will pay that much. [by Martin Brighton / Micky D]

Make profit with transfersVery interesting for small or medium clubs: Try to sign as much quality players as possible
on the bosman rule (give them short contracts!) - but only EU players if you're playing in western
europe. Mostly it's easy to sell those players for a lot of dosh after a few weeks! [submitted by
Niclas Ryzavy]

Work Permits (in england and scotland)In england and scotland every player who is not from one of the EU countries needs a work
permit. I'm not sure how that works in real life, but in the most cases in CM he'll get a permit
if he has 10 or more caps for his country. This permit gets renewed every year if the player has
played at least 75% of all the league games he's been able to play (games where he's been not
injured, not banned or not away to play for his national team). If he lost his permit, the only
way to get it back is to sell or release him and then sign him again...

Player Posistions TipIf you go to on one of the empty training slots and create one, make sure you specify a new
posistion and side. This works best with young players, and increases your depth in posistions
without having to buy more players, handy with smaller clubs. Though, for some players it will
take ages to train them a new position, some others might become unhappy. [submitted by Danny
Beckett]

Buying players in free transfersIf a player on a free transfer doesn't want to come to your club, then offer him a 4 week trial.
If he accepts, offer him a contract again while he is on trial at your club. [by Tom Hoarč]

Block player transfers to other clubsIf there's a player you want to buy, and maybe you currently don't have enough money to buy him
- Go ahead & bid for the player, but then make sure you offer the club a fee that you can't be
able to afford & also offer the player the best contract you can give. Then when the transfer
is canceled due to insufficent funds, you won a few weeks. Just carry on biding whenever any other
club bids for your player. When you have the money, buy him! [by Grim Reaper]

How to find good youngsters in a particular countryA good way to look for young players in a country is to add a manager controlling the national
team of that particular country, all players/non players aged from 10 should appear in the player
search...
[by chanzinc]

Get more money from your player-transfersTo make more money on the transfer market when you're selling a player, negotiate an offer of
e.g. 4 million to 3.5 plus about 7 million after 10 games. The chances that the other team accepts
this negotiation aren't bad - now the player just has to play the 10 matches, and you'll get some
extra money...
[by Niall Condren]

Sell players / make clubs interestedWhen one of your players is transfer listed some time, and no club is interested in him, take
him off from the list and directly transfer list him again. Now sometimes you've the luck that
someone is interested.

Get more money out of player transfersWhen a bid comes in, try exchanging for their highest valued player, or a selection of players
totalling the value that you are looking for. The prospective buyer will then either offer a higher
bid or a part exchange. If you are offered a part exchange, offer poor terms, the player will reject
your offer and the transfer fee is increased accordingly. [by George Wight]

If a player gets unhappy...e.g. because you don't allow him moving the club, try to loan him out to another team, and
directly recall him again. Now he might be happy again! [by Jeff Townsley]

Cheaper contractsWhen you buy a player, you often have to pay him a large contract. When that player signs for
your team you can often give him a cheaper contract: just offer him a bit less money than he gets
at that moment, don't give him a signing on fee but be sure to give him a relegation release clause
of £0, and keep doing this until he doesn't accept any more. For 'big' players this probably won't
work. [by Gregory Pen]

Don't pay compensationsIf you agree to buy a player who's contract is running out, but have to pay compensation
because he is young. Offer him a contract and accept the deal, then cancel the transfer about a few
days before it's due to go through, the player will then say he's leaving on a bosman, then when he
leaves, you can sign him on a free without having to pay the compensation. But - there might also
be other clubs trying to sign him on a free then...[by Scott Williamson]

Save wages & transfer feesWhen making a bid for a player, fee after 1 league appearanace carries the same effect of
immediate cash. Offer a huge sum of transfer fee after the first league appearance any club cannot
resist. Sell the player to another club that you control before he plays any match for you. You
then can sell him to an other club or buy him back. The players also might ask for lower salary
after several transfers (the player must be transfer-listed everytime you sell him)!...[by chanzinc]

If Players don't wanna Come?If after having a bid accepted for a player, he doesn't want to come to your club, offer him a
contract on a MONTH to MONTH basis instead of being till June '05 or whatever, this might make the
player come to you. If you're playing as Forest Green Rovers in the conference, and have a 20
million bid for David Beckham accepted not even this will make him come to you, but it always works
within reason. [by Paul Myers]

Having success with youth players"My personal addition which is getting very popular in my games now is the reserve squad.
These players can be vital to your success. I usually hire about 20 odd amount of youth players
aged 15-17 and include them into the squad and promote them at 20-21. I fire them if they are
18-19 with poor stats for the current league we are heading for or are in."
Robbie wrote something more about this tip - if you have JavaScript enabled, you can read it
by clicking this link! [by Robbie B]

Password Forgotten?If you lose the password to a saved game on CM01/02, type in sportsinteractive
and you can get in your game again [by Sladey]

Higher wage budgetOffer one of your players the highest wage you can offer on 'indespensible to the club'. Then
when he accepts your wage budget will have increased. (The more you do it the higher the wages,
but if you have less than 5 million then don't do it too much otherwise the board will cut it
right back down again.) [by Smudge]

Signing staff at small clubsSome non-players won't join your club as scouts or coaches if the clubs reputation is too
small. To sign them you must have no Asistant Manager. Aproach to sign a non-player who is good
for a scout for example. Offer him a job as an Asistant Manager and after he accepts it (if he's
verry good he won't) offer him a job as a scout and he will accept it for a much lower wage. You
can also do this with coaches. (Only worked in a few occasions for me, though, it's worth it)
[by Dan Serban]